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Abuja – Justice Abdul Kafarati, a Judge of the Federal High Court, on Thursday in Abuja threatened to discharge the 24 suspected Boko Haram members standing trial before the court. The judge, who granted the police a last adjournment for Sept. 18, said that the prosecution...

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Monitoring of Subsidy Regime, Mr. Farouk Lawan, made a dramatic reappearance at the House on Thursday, the first since the $3m bribery scandal involving him broke out. Chairman of Zenon Oil, Mr. Femi Otedola, had...

By Ogunjimi James Taiwo “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice” – Martin Luther King Jr. Today, June 21st, 2012 should have been the day when new executives of the Nigerian Association of Science Students(NASS) are sworn in. Unfortunately,...

The Swiss-made solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse, took off early Thursday from Rabat airport in a fresh bid to cross the Moroccan desert, after being foiled by rough conditions last week. The aircraft, which flies without a drop of fuel, took off at 7:05 am (0605 GMT), piloted...

Some retail business enterprises owned by non-Ghanaians have started folding up in compliance to a directive from the Ghana Union Traders Association to foreign retailers. GUTA is seeking to enforce Act 478 of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)that bars foreigners from...

Nigeria’s Khalid al-Barnawi, labeled a “global terrorist” by the US government Thursday, is alleged to be an Al Qaeda-linked militant with Boko Haram ties involved in kidnapping foreigners. The US State Department described Barnawi and another Nigerian militant...

Segun Olusola, one of Nigeria’s best known culture aficionados, broadcasters, patron of the arts and diplomats, has died. He was reported dead this evening (Thursday June 21, 2012) at the age of 77. He died after a brief illness. He was born in Iperu-Remo, in Ogun State on March...

Abuja – Habib Bama, a suspected Islamist sect terrorist, who was declared wanted by the State Security Service (SSS) on Feb. 15 for allegedly masterminding the bombing of some public institutions, has been arrested. A competent source in the SSS said that Bama, an...

Ngozi my daughter, the one who answered me whenever I called on her; the only child that gave me whatever I wanted. Ngozi, go in peace. Give her eternal rest o God and let Your perpetual light shine on her and let her soul rest in peace. Amen Ten months ago, it was her wedding at...

Funke Akindele’s husband, Almaroof Oloyede, who reportedly denied that he was married before meeting Funke, is expecting a sixth child from one of his wives, Fadeke. According to a story published by a Lagos soft-sell magazine, E24-7, Fadeke was reported to be pregnant with her...

Southern Nigeria Christian leaders have charged northern Christians to be alert and defend themselves by any means against the Boko Haram terrorists. The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Ola Makinde warned against an imminent civil war as a result of the recent bombing of...